![]() ![]() It's 1936, and with the Great Depression in full swing, times are tough, especially for a homeless African American child. ![]() Calloway, whom he believes to be his real father. ![]() Instead of heading back to the Home in Flint, Michigan, where he's lived since his mother died four years before, Bud heads to Grand Rapids in search of the legendary bandleader, Herman E. Opening his eyes, he sees Todd Amos, the bullying son of his latest set of foster parents, holding a #2 Ticonderoga pencil and exclaiming, "I've never gotten it in as deep as the N on any of you other little street urchins." Losing a fight with Todd and being locked in the Amos’s shed, where he gets stung by hornets, is enough to make Bud decide to hit the road. Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell awakens, that first night in his new foster home, feeling like something is stuck in his nose. ![]()
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